Quran 6:136 — Al-An'aam, verse 136
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They apportion to God a share of the produce and the livestock He created, saying, ‘This is for God’- so they claim!- ‘ and this is for our idols.’ Their idols’ share does not reach God, but God’s share does reach their idols: how badly they judge!
وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ نَصِيبًا فَقَالُوا هَـٰذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَـٰذَا لِشُرَكَائِنَا ۖ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَائِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَائِهِمْ ۗ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
wajaʿalū lillahi mimmā dhara-a mina l-ḥarthi wal-anʿāmi naṣīban faqālū hādhā lillahi bizaʿmihim wahādhā lishurakāinā famā kāna lishurakāihim falā yaṣilu ilā l-lahi wamā kāna lillahi fahuwa yaṣilu ilā shurakāihim sāa mā yaḥkumūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They appoint to God, of the tillage and cattle that He multiplied, a portion, saying, 'This is for God' -- so they assert -- 'and this is for our associates.' So what is for their associates reaches not God; and what is for God reaches their associates. Evil is their judgment!
- Muhammad Asad
- AND OUT OF whatever He has created of the fruits of the field and the cattle, they assign unto God a portion, saying, "This belongs to God"-or so they [falsely] claim - "and this is for those beings who, we are convinced, have a share in God's divinity." But that which is assigned to the beings associated in their minds with God does not bring [them] closer to God - whereas that which is assigned to God brings [them but] closer to those beings to whom they ascribe a share in His divinity. Bad, indeed, is their judgment!
- Sahih International
- And they [i.e., the polytheists] assign to Allāh from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allāh," by their claim, "and this is for our 'partners' [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allāh, while what is for Allāh - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalū | And they assign | جعل |
| 2 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 3 | مِمَّاmimmā | out of what | — |
| 4 | ذَرَأَdhara-a | He produced | ذرأ |
| 5 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthi | the crops | حرث |
| 7 | وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmi | and the cattle | نعم |
| 8 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a share | نصب |
| 9 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | and they say | قول |
| 10 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 11 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) for Allah | أله |
| 12 | بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihim | by their claim | زعم |
| 13 | وَهَـٰذَاwahādhā | And this | — |
| 14 | لِشُرَكَآئِنَا ۖlishurakāinā | (is) for our partners | شرك |
| 15 | فَمَاfamā | But what | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 17 | لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْlishurakāihim | for their partners | شرك |
| 18 | فَلَاfalā | (does) not | — |
| 19 | يَصِلُyaṣilu | reach | وصل |
| 20 | إِلَىilā | [to] | — |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 22 | وَمَاwamā | while what | — |
| 23 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 24 | لِلَّهِlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 25 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then it | — |
| 26 | يَصِلُyaṣilu | reaches | وصل |
| 27 | إِلَىٰilā | [to] | — |
| 28 | شُرَكَآئِهِمْ ۗshurakāihim | their partners | شرك |
| 29 | سَآءَsāa | Evil | سوأ |
| 30 | مَاmā | (is) what | — |
| 31 | يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūna | they judge | حكم |